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Organized Crime Roundup: Mobs killed 1 million from 2000-2017, big Mafia takedown in Italy and more

Month: August 2019


Organized Crime Roundup: Mobs killed 1 million from 2000-2017, big Mafia takedown in Italy and more

Posted on August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

Criminals kill far more people than do armed conflicts and terrorist attacks put together, and organized crime groups and street…


Mob fixer Johnny Rosselli is back in the spotlight

Posted on August 27, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

“Strategist.” That word on Johnny Rosselli’s business card summed up his role as a Mob fixer whose colorful adult life,…


Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar spent seven years on Forbes list of world’s richest

Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

In the summer of 1989, the world’s most wanted drug lord had narrowly averted assassination, challenged extradition treaties, dared the…


Santo Trafficante Sr., a ‘Sicilian of the old school,’ ruled Tampa’s underworld for more than a decade

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Jackie Apoyan

On August 12, 1954, Tampa, Florida, Mafia boss Santo Trafficante Sr. died from stomach cancer. Laid to rest in a…


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